And a good Saturday morning to all! ESH, I probably know more about oaks now than ever. Thanks! I enjoy these old loggers and farmers identifing(?) what they need for a specify job. Example: a good friend that use to pulpwood and farms now also builds ponds and such in the off months, needed to replace the ramps on his low-boy on which he hauls equiptment. He cut down a Post Oak, had it sawed and fitted. The scaps I built a table for girl when she was in college. (CPA in Atlanta now... toot toot) Think she still has the furniture I built for her while she was in college. Oh yeah, the boy (30's) finally bought his own place in Smyrna. A townhouse I believe... built him a coffee table and end table when he graduated from college. Thank God they are all through! Can't believe the son would rather play video games than drive... I remember growing up and helping my bro-in-law plant... would gladly keep his fertilizer distributers full just so I could move the truck up a few feet at the time. LoL... times have changed. Michelle, thanks a lot about the kind words. I am not a big animal lover, but I don't like to see anything abused... people or animals. We got him when he as just a little ball of fur and the wife would go off to work and the girls off to school, so it was just him and me here. Guess after all these years I really got attached to him. Never found anyone so dedicated as him without asking anything in return. The leaves are starting to fall here. I remember the little ole ladies raking up their leaves and burning them. Now my wife gets on her ZTR mower and cuts them in for fertilizer. Two fold gain... it helps the ground and gives my wife a chance to get on her mower after the grass has stopped growing. Here is a photo (blame ESH for teaching me how to do this) of the table I made from the Post Oak scraps. Hope all have a great weekend. Shot

I'm back! I wanted to get back to you about my trip, especially because all of you were so nice to help. I am sorry to say, that time went by so quick, we didn't get to do all we wanted to do. Friday night went to Mr. Chow's-and then to The Polo Lounge, which was being renovated, so another club was set up in the hotel. It was much too crowded, got one drink and back to our hotel. Saturday went to Rodeo Drive and to eat pizza at a place on Melrose called Mozza's, I think. It was VERY good! We had a couple of drinks at the Beverly Wilshire, L.A. Reid was at the next table. Then went back to hotel to get ready for the Clive Davis Grammy Party, which was being held at our hotel, so we wanted to see all the celebriites go in and out. Saw so many, and to name a few: Joan and Melissa Rivers, Joan Collins, Gayle King, Hoda Kotbe (sp?), Kelsey Grammer (and his new young wife)-sorry, he just grosses me out, Magic Johnson, Brandy, P Diddy, Miley Cyrus, Melanie Griffith, Yolanda (RHBH) and David Foster, Sting and wife, Trudy, Tyra Banks, and so many more. A lot of them were young artists, and I didn't even know who they were until someone mentioned it. It was fun! I cannot believe how skinny the women are! Have to be a size 0, not to mention tall and long legs, so they really are thin-too thin, IMO. Sunday, went to brunch at the Four Seasons, and to dinner at Mastro's then on to the Justin Timberlake concert. It was suppose to start at 9p and it didn't start until 11:30, which I thought was ridiculous! I truly would have left if my friend wasn't so inlove with him! Got home so late and was tired and left the next day! I am sorry we didn't make it to The Stinking Rose! Someone on the plane said they smelled like garlic all weekend after eating there, so we were a little afraid to go there and then to the events we were going to attend. But, would have loved to have gone there. Oh, somewhere in there we did go to the Farmers Market for awhile. We had already had brunch so wasn't hungry. I had never been to the Walk of Fame, so we went there for a little while one day. Marlene, so glad you mentioned for us to stay at the Beverly Hilton instead of the Roosevelt! We did walk through the Roosevelt, very dark place. We went to have a drink and appetizer at Sur, but, they were filming, so never even got in the door. Had fun and was exhausted, and my feet have been tortured walking in heels all night-how do people do that??? Glad to be back home!

Saskatchewan farm boys may be dumb ... ... but they ain't stupid! Spoken by one who was one - even if for a rather short period. This I have to send to me (younger) brother, a Saskatchewan farmer, now retired. ole joyful

Is that your cabin? (teeheee) It's pretty cool...Like that one of the old cans and the last macros shot, beautifully composed...